Tagata o te Moana. 2008-11-22. 17:30-18:00.

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Tonga continues with a state of emergency three years after destructive riots in the capital;
14 Bougainvilleans are campaigning to become the next President of the autonomous Papua New Guinea province;
The Governor of American Samoa retains his post in the run-off election;
Strike action continues in French Polynesia over Paris reducing the pension top-ups for civil servants;
Growing concerns about obesity in Fiji;
Two key budgets in the Pacific have been announced, those of Fiji and Papua New Guinea;
The UN advises a different approach to family planning;
A new organisation has been launched to speak for the Pacific on the relationship between Tourism, bio-diversity and the internet;
A Pacific Ombudsman Alliance, an initiative of the Pacific Plan, has been set up to help improve governance in the region.